Sidney Crosby
Hometown: Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada
Place of Birth: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
DOB: August 7, 1987 (22 years old)
Height: 5’11
Weight: 200 lbs
Drafted: First overall in 2005 by the Pittsburgh Penguins
Current Team: Captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins
Salary: $8,700,000 per year
Previous Team: Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
Shoots: Left
Position: Centre
Jersey Number: 87
Nicknames: The Next One, Sid the Kid , The Franchise
Sidney Crosby’s official site, Crosby87.com
Records:
- Pittsburgh Penguins’ franchise record for assists in a season by a rookie (63)
- Pittsburgh Penguins’ franchise record for points in a season by a rookie (102)
- First rookie to record 100 points and 100 penalty minutes in a season
- Youngest player in NHL history to record 100 points in a season
- Youngest player in NHL history to record 200 career points (19 years and 207 days)
- Youngest player in NHL history to have 2 consecutive 100 point seasons.
- Youngest player to be voted to the NHL All-Star Game
- Youngest player in NHL history to win the Art Ross Trophy
- Youngest player in NHL history to win the Lester B. Pearson Award
- Youngest player in NHL history to be named to the First All-Star Team
- Youngest player in NHL history to be named a full team captain (In January 1984, Brian Bellows of the Minnesota North Stars was made interim captain at 5 months younger than Crosby, but he only served the latter half of the 1983–84 season replacing injured captain Craig Hartsburg)
- Youngest captain in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup (21 years, 10 months, and 5 days)
Sidney Patrick Crosby is a Canadian professional ice hockey player and captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Crosby was drafted by the Penguins out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) first overall after earning back-to-back CHL Player of the Year Awards and leading his club to the 2005 Memorial Cup during his two-year major junior career with the Rimouski Océanic. Nicknamed “The Next One”, he was one of the most highly regarded draft picks in hockey history, leading many to refer to the 2005 Draft Lottery as the “Sidney Crosby Sweepstakes”.
In his first season, he finished sixth in scoring with 102 points (39 goals, 63 assists). By his second season, he led the NHL with 120 points (36 goals, 84 assists) to capture the Art Ross Trophy, becoming the youngest player and the only teenager to win a scoring title in any major North American sports league. That same season, Crosby won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player as determined by the Professional Hockey Writers Association, and the Lester B. Pearson Award as the most valuable player as determined by the NHL Players Association. He is the seventh player in NHL history to haved earned all three awards. After losing to the Detroit Red Wings in the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Crosby won his first Stanley Cup in 2009, becoming the youngest captain in NHL history to win the championship.
Internationally, Crosby has represented Team Canada in two World Junior Championships, winning silver in 2004 and gold in 2005, as well as one World Championship in 2006.
